"When an ocean voyage is drawing to an end and the passengers are busily employed in their preparations for disembarking, the lookoutman's bell rings out with unusual frequency."
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The Lookoutman (1923), Chapter 10, Fishing Craft, p. 151
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David Bone
Sir David William Bone (22 June 1874β 17 May 1959) was a Scottish Commodore and author of nautical fiction. His work includes The Brassbounder about a brassbounder, a young apprentice on a British Merchant ship
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